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Sandbagger sloop Annie on port tack.
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Title
Sandbagger
sloop
Annie
on
port
tack
.
Place
Mystic (Conn.)
Topic
Sloops
Sailboats
Boats and boating
Sailing
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Annie (Sloop)
D.O. Richmond
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
Port
view
of a
rigged
sandbagger
,
possibly
Annie
, on
port
tack
, with
seven
men
standing
in
cockpit
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Ink
note
on
back
of
print
reads
"
Sandbagger
'Annie'
.
Built
by
D
.
O
.
Richmond
at
Mystic
,
Conn./
about
1880./Overall
30'0
"
Mast
over
40
ft./
Beam
12'0'
Boom
[over]
37ft./
Draft
2'
Gaff
[over]
18'/
Bowsprit
[over]
20
ft
outboard/
End
of
bowsprit
to
end
of
boom
,
68ft./
It
is
said
she
never
was
beaten
in a
race
and she
raced/
with
some
of the
most
noted
sandbaggers
of her
time./
Her
hull
is
now
on the
grounds
of the
Mystic
Marine
Museum/
at
Mystic
,
Conn.
"
Annie
was
modeled
by
D.O
.
Richmond
and
built
in his
boatyard
,
1880
, for
Henry
Tift
of
Mystic
and
Tifton
,
Georgia
.
Racing
sandbaggers
was a
popular
sport
at the
time
Annie
was
built
.
Crew
numbers
,
augmented
by
sandbags
,
offset
the
substantial
amount
of
sail
used
to
gain
speed
without
capsizing
while
racing
.
Annie
raced
in
Long
Island
Sound
and
Florida
in her
early
years
and
later
became
a
working
craft
. She was
modified
and
rebuilt
at
various
times
in her
career
.
Annie
was
donated
to
Mystic
Seaport
in
1931
by
Dr
.
C
.
K
.
Stillman.She
remains
a
floating
exhibit
.
David
O
.
Richmond
established
his
yard
along
Water
Street
in the
late
1860's
. He had
started
out
as a
ship
carpenter
and
gained
a
reputation
as a
designer
and
builder
of
smaller
vessels
. He had a
long
working
relationship
with
Charles
Henry
Mallory
.
Richmond's
boatbuilding
business
endured
into the
early
twentieth
century
.
Mounted
on
cardboard
Date created
[188-?]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
gelatin
print
;
10
7/8
x
13
3/4
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1990.37.1108
File
name
:
IMG0045-4199.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Sandbagger sloop Annie on port tack. 